ProjectReportTemplate

Overallplangoal:Planandpreparetoimplementachangerelatedto
technologyuseinyourclassroom.

NameMarielJuki

I.Background
Whoarethelearners?

Thelearnersarestudentsfrom6thform.

Whatisthesetting?Besuretomentiontechnology.

TheprojectwilltakeplaceatLaSalleFloridaSchool.Thesestudentsarearound11or12yearsold.
Mostofthembelongtomediaorupperclasses.Inthegroupthereare15studentswhichhelpstothe
learningprocesssincemostofthestudentsareabletoexpressthemselvesandtheirworksinthe
classroomveryoften.
Theschoolisquiteoldandourclassroomisnotmodernatall.Intheclassroomthereareseveraldesks
wherestudentssitinpairsandonedeskfortheteacher.Thedesksarefacingtheboard.Iusechalk.
Thenthereareseveralwindowswhichmaketheclassroomwonderfullylightandairy.Thatsallyoucan
seeintheclassroom.
Therearenottechnologicaldevicesintheclassroom.Besides,studentsfromprimaryschoolarenot
allowedtohavecellphonesatschool.
IusetheCDplayertoworkonlisteningsalmosteveryday.Acoupleofdaysago,Iwasinformedthat
thereisanewnotebookandaprojectoravailableforus.Thenthereisacomputerroomwhichisreally
uselesssincetherearesecondarystudentsworkingthere.
Outsideschool,mostofthestudentshaveaccesstotechnologyallthetime.Theyhavecellphones,
tablets,iphonesandnotebooks.TheyallhaveaccesstotheInternet.

Ithinkthatintegratingtechnologyinourclassroomwillmakethelessonsmoreattractive,more
enjoyableandmorerelatedtotheirreality.Althoughmostofthemexpressthattheyusetechnologyfor
playinggames,Ithinkitllbeagreattooltoshowthemthatwecanalsolearnwithit.

Whatarethecoursegoals?WhyarethestudentsstudyingEnglish?

Thecoursegoalisbasedonacommunicativeapproach.Wedousecoursebooks(WorldQuests2)
buttheideaistousethemastriggerstoworkoncommunication.Trytoprovidethemwithtoolssothat
theycanexpressthemselvesinEnglish.HalfofthestudentsusuallytraveltotheUSAanditseasyfor
themtoseehowusefulitcanbetolearnthelanguagesinceaftereachtriptheycomebackveryexcited
expressinghowwelltheycouldcommunicate.

II.Issueorproblemtobeaddressedthattechnologycanhelpwith.Whatswrong?

OneoftheissuesI'vebeenthinkingaboutisrelatedtotheshortstorieswehavetoreadduringtheyear.
Thisyearstudentshavetoreadabookcalled'FootprintsintheForest.'Thestoryisnotsogreatbut
therearedifferenttopicswhichweareaskedtoconcentrateon.Afterreadingthebookanddoing
differentexercises,theideaisthatstudentshavetoprepareaprojectonthemostrelevantissues.
Normallywejustworkwithpapercoloursandpicturesanddescriptionsandwepasteallthatinthe
classroomandinthemainhall.Iwasthinkingthatthishasbecomequiteboringandusualforthekids.
Studentsdonotseemtobemotivatedwhenpreparingtheprojects.Sothisyearthatpresentationwill
betheresultofintegratingnewtechnologicaltools.Thebookisrelatedtodinosaursextinctiontheories,
animalsdyingout,destructionofforestsandjunglesanddeforestation.

III.Specifictechnologysolution

Idliketoconcentrateonworkingwithmystudentsaboutthosetopicsrelatedtothestorytheyare
reading.Theyhavetoprepareapresentationaboutdeforestation,destructionofjungleandtheimpact
thishasontheanimalsandplantsandondinosaursextinctiontheories.
Firsttheclasswillbedividedinfourgroupsoffourstudents.Thenaspecifictopicwillbeassignedto
eachgroup.Thenwellgotothecomputerclassroomandbeforestartingtowork,Iwillexplainthem
thattheywillhavetoprepareaPowerPointpresentationdescribingthatspecificissueandthatthefinal
projectwillbeshowntotheothergroups.Iwilltellthemthatwewilltrytoincludedifferent
technologicaltoolstothepresentation.Iwillexplainthattheywillbeabletocreatemindmaps(using
murallyorpadlet).Thenthattheycanuseaudiobooorvocarootorecordanintervieworsomepiece
ofinformationtheywanttoaddtotheirpresentation.Theywillalsousefotobabbletodescribeimages.
Oncetheyhavedescribedtheirtopic,addexamplesandmanifesttheiropinionsinthePowerPoint
presentation,theprojectwillbeshownamongthem.

Themaingoalfortheuseoftechnologywillbetocreateandtodosomethinginnovativeforthese
students.Theywillbeabletousethelanguageandthetopicsinadifferentwayandnotasusualon
colourpaperwhichthenmostofthestudentsdonotstoptotakealookatit.BycreatingaPowerPoint
Presentationandbyusingdifferenttechnologicaltools,studentswillhavethepossibilitytodosomething
different,newandinteresting.Whatsmore,theywillhavethepossibilitytoshowtheirpresentationsto
theirclassmatesandtothestudentsbelongingtoanother6thformdivision.

Mostofthistechnologyisquitenewforme.IhaveonlyusedPowerPointfewtimes.Nowtheideais
notonlytocreateaPowerPointPresentationbutalsotoincludedifferenttotools.Ihavelearntabout
thosetoolsthisyearinTallerdeTcnicasInformticasAplicadasalaEnseanzadelaLengua
Extranjera.

Thiswillbeawholenewexperience,notonlyformystudentsbecauseofwhatImentionedbeforebut
alsobecauseIhaveneverincorporatedtechnologyintotheclassroominthisway.Itwillbechallenging
formetoorganizeandplaneachlessonandthentotrytoexplaintothemandhelpthemmakethebest
ofit.

https://mural.ly
https://es.padlet.com
https://audioboo.fm/
http://vocaroo.com/
http://www.fotobabble.com/

IV.FinalProduct

StudentswillfinallydeliveraPowerPointPresentationincludingadescriptionofthetopictheywere
askedforandincludingexamples,imagesandopinionsrelatingtothetopic.

TheProjectwilltakeapproximately4lessonoftwoperiodseach.Firsttheteacherwillintroducethe
projectandexplaintothestudentsthefinalproject.Thenthegroupswillbeformedandeachonewill
concentrateonaspecifictopic.Teacherandstudentswillgototheschoollibrarytolookforthe
information.Theywillbeabletolookforthisindifferentbooks,tophotocopysomeimagesandtosurf
intheinternet.Studentswilldesigntheirfirstdraftofwhattheywillliketoincludeintheirpowerpoint
presentation.Teacherwillguidestudentsinordertohelpthemdesignthepresentation.Thefollowing
lessonTeacherwillexplainthedifferenttechnologicaltoolstheywillbeabletouseinordertoincludein
theirpresentations.Thentheywilldecidewhatimagestheywilldescribe,whatinformationtheywill
recordorwhatmindmaptheywillcreate.Teacherwillsharewiththemgoogleslidessothattheywill
startworkingontheirpresentation.Thiswilltakethreeorfourlessons.Finallyafterhavingteacher
feedbackandaftertheyhaveincludedwhattheywanttoinclude,theirpresentationswillbedownloaded
bytheteacherinapendriveandthepresentationswillbeshowninclassthroughtheprojector.Thenthe
teacherwillsharethoseprojectswiththerestofthecourses.

EvaluationGuide

CATEGORY Excellent VeryGood Good Poor

Content
Accuracy
Allcontent
throughoutthe
presentationis
accurate.
Mostofthe
contentis
accuratebut
thereisone
pieceof
informationthat
seems
inaccurate.
Thecontentis
generally
accurate,but
onepieceof
informationis
clearly
inaccurate.
Content
confusingor
containsmore
thanonefactual
error.
Sequencing
ofInformation
Informationis
organizedina
clear,logical
way.
Mostinformation
isorganizedina
clear,logical
way.Oneslide
orpieceof
information
seemsoutof
place.
Some
informationis
logically
sequenced.An
occasionalslide
orpieceof
information
seemsoutof
place.
Thereisnoclear
planforthe
organizationof
information.
Effectiveness Projectincludes
allmaterial
neededtogivea
good
understandingof
thetopic.The
projectis
consistent.
Projectis
lackingoneor
twokey
elements.
Projectis
consistentwith
drivingquestion
mostofthetime.
Projectis
missingmore
thantwokey
elements.Itis
rarelyconsistent
withthedriving
question.
Projectislacking
severalkey
elementsand
has
inaccuracies.
.Projectis
completely
inconsistent.
Useof
Graphics
Allgraphicsare
attractive(size
andcolors)and
supportthetopic
ofthe
presentation.
Afewgraphics
arenotattractive
butallsupport
thetopicofthe
presentation.
Allgraphicsare
attractivebuta
fewdonot
supportthetopic
ofthe
presentation.
Severalgraphics
areunattractive
ANDdetract
fromthecontent
ofthe
presentation.
TextFont
Choice&
Formatting
Fontformats
(color,bold,
italic)havebeen
carefullyplanned
toenhance
readabilityand
content.
Fontformats
havebeen
carefullyplanned
toenhance
readability.
Fontformatting
hasbeen
carefullyplanned
tocomplement
thecontent.It
maybealittle
hardtoread.
Fontformatting
makesitvery
difficulttoread
thematerial.
Spellingand
Grammar
Presentationhas
nomisspellings
orgrammatical
errors.
Presentationhas
12misspellings,
butno
grammatical
errors.
Presentationhas
12grammatical
errorsbutno
misspellings.
Presentationhas
morethan2
grammatical
and/orspelling
errors.
Cooperation Groupshares
tasksandall
performed
responsiblyallof
thetime.
Groupshares
tasksand
performed
responsiblymost
ofthetime.
Groupshares
tasksand
performs
responsibly
someofthe
time.
Groupoftenis
noteffectivein
sharingtasks
and/orsharing
responsibility.

V.Expectedresponse

Ithinkstudentswillenjoytheactivity.Administratorswillsupportthisidea,sincetheyarealways
promotingandaskingteacherstoimproveourlessonsandtoinnovate.Idobelievethattheremaybe
somepossibleproblemsImayencounterregardingthisproject.Studentsmayfindsomedifficulties
whentryingtodevelopordesigntheirpresentations.Theideaistoworkatschoolinordertobeableto
helpstudentsiftheyfindsomedifficultieswhenrecordingtheiraudiosorwhiletryingtoaddapictureor
aslide.Iwillhavetobeveryorganizedandtoshowstudentsthatwewillworkstepbystepinorderto
getthefinalproject.

VI.Resources
Foreveryresourceandarticle,youmustexplainwhyyouhavechosenit.

Articlesthathelpedyoucomeupwithyourplanorthatsupportyourideas.Explainwhyyouhave
chosenit.

Nameofarticle+URL(ifapplicable) Howthisarticlehelpsmeorsupportsmyideas
http://goo.gl/Qd1vYp Whyusinggoogleappsintheclassroom.Benefits
http://goo.gl/OiZJ0P Googleslidesandeducation
http://goo.gl/LvvuKi Usefultipsforgoogleslidespresentations

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingto
day/subject/tech_integration.phtml
Integratingtechnologyintheclassroom